# Giuseppe Bonecchi

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**Giuseppe Bonecchi** was an Italian poet and opera librettist.

He was brought to the Russian Empire in 1740 by [Francesco Araja](/source/Francesco_Araja), an Italian composer working in [Russia](/source/Russia).

His opera *Il Bellerofonte*, which was written for the coronation of [Elizabeth of Russia](/source/Elizabeth_of_Russia), praised the virtues of the Empress. A Russian translation was printed in 1757. Bonecchi also wrote the libretto for Josef Mysliveček's opera *[Il Bellerofonte](/source/Il_Bellerofonte)* which premiered in Naples in 1767. Another opera called [Scipione](/source/Scipione) was written for the wedding celebration of [Elisaveta](/source/Elizabeth_of_Russia) and [Pyotr Feodorovich](/source/Peter_Fedorovich). He frequently used to plagiarize the work of other poets and dramatists, and this spoiled his reputation. He left for Italy in 1752.

## Operas

He wrote the libretti for the following operas by [Francesco Araja](/source/Francesco_Araja):

- - *Seleuco*, opera seria, (May 7, 1744 [OS April 26], [Moscow](/source/Moscow)) - *Scipione*, opera seria, (September 4 or 5, 1745 [OS August 23 or 24], [St. Petersburg](/source/St._Petersburg)) - *Mitridate*, opera seria, (May 7, 1747 [OS April 26], [St. Petersburg](/source/St._Petersburg)) - *L'asilo della pace*, opera seria, (May 7, 1748 [OS April 26], [St. Petersburg](/source/St._Petersburg)) - *Il Bellerofonte*, opera seria, (December 9, 1750 [OS November 28], [St. Petersburg](/source/St._Petersburg)) - *Eudossa incoronata, o sia Teodosio II*, (May 9, 1751 [OS April 28] [St. Petersburg](/source/St._Petersburg))

He wrote the libretto for the following cantata by [Nicolo Conforto](/source/Nicolo_Conforto):

- - "La Pesca", (1756, [Madrid](/source/Madrid))

## Quotations

“Alexander Sumarokov angrily exclaimed in the letter to I. I. Shuvalov on March 12, 1761: “I am assigned to the post of a Director of the Theatre but not to the mean title of a theatrical poet, which was Bonecchi... But I will be not a Bonecchi-like theatrical poet even if this would cost me a life…”” (*Konstantin Kovalev*)

## External links

- [Большой Русский Биографический Словарь - Big Russian Biographical Dictionary (the electronic version, in Russian)](https://archive.today/20130416200211/http://www.hi-edu.ru/xPol/index.htm?pages/03/211.htm)
- [Konstantin Kovalev (Константин Ковалев): Forgotten Notes on Music (in Russian)](http://www.kkovalev.ru/Shtelin.htm)

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